Looking at Jesus' Kingdom through the lens of Romans 5, we are encouraged to remain faithful and confident in our salvation because of the lengths to w...

Being a Christian doesn’t remove us from the hardship in our lives. Far from it. However, because of the Kingdom of God (and its King), we take strength and comfort from three things: His past faithfulness: His current indwelling (and PERMANENT...

The Book of Psalms is sometimes called “The Little Bible.” It mirrors the five books of law, and Blake Adams tells us “We should read it not as an assortment of poems and songs but as a single rhapsody on God’s covenant promises.” This year’s M...

According to the standards of the world, Jesus assumes a very low profile in His ministry that launches the inbreaking of the Kingdom of God not by edict, governmental action, or human might, but by compassion that drives Him to recover the hel...

Recent sermon themes converge today as we see the arc of God’s interactions with humans adapting over time as He matures the human race to have the capacity to receive His greatest self-revelation: Jesus. We note again how Moses’ and the hebrew...

It’s a mighty special day at Oakhaven Church: our annual homecoming corn roast! Today’s message will be in a creative vein as we hear one of Jesus’ followers describe some of the highlights of their years of ministry together.

Scripture says that God is the same yesterday, today, and tomorrow. However, humans are not. We are on a huge learning curve when it comes to understanding God and His ways, and we examine how He customizes his revelation and relationship with ...

God sets a pattern of revealing Himself in ways that are simple enough for His children to understand. These revelations are far from where He will eventually “arrive.” The sense of where God is begins with Him being distant and separate and VE...

We embark on a journey to discover how God "customizes" His presence (via our perception of where He dwells) to meet the needs and frame of reference of different people across time. We start with a spoiler alert and read the final chapter firs...

Today we revisit the story of Jesus walking on water, this time in Matthew 14. As a template for our experience, we acknowledge that storms happen, ...

Today we look closely at Psalm 42, a beautiful psalm of lament that we often don’t get past the first verse on: “As the deer pants for streams of water...

Today we look at Jesus’ call on Saul on Acts 9. God appeals to the next apostle through an experience that reaches all Saul’s senses, capturing his attent...

Oakhaven Church has the tradition of setting aside "regular sermons" on fifth Sundays to instead hear members and their testimonies of how God has worked in their lives, especially how He has drawn them into life with Him. Today, Josh Patterson...

As we continue to examine Paul’s wide-ranging message in Romans 8, we come away with several insights. First, following Jesus will include moments of ...

On this day celebrating fathers we look at the amazing access God grants us to Himself using Romans 8:9-19 (NLT). 

We are in a complex and mysterious, adventurous and powerful, permanent relationship with the Spirit who lives within us to anoint and nudge and save and remind and inspire and empower and equip and comfort and counsel and reform and transform ...

We continue to look at Jesus’ teaching on prayer in Luke 11. After He teaches His disciples “The Lord’s Prayer,” Jesus goes on to use humans in everyday ...

Luke 11:1-13. Today we look at two different episodes in Jesus’ life with His disciples. First is His teaching them “His” prayer in Luke 11, with a key ...

Shepherd Brenda Wilusz discusses the many ways God shows His love.

Oakhaven Church founding member Deb Cleveland shares a special Mother's Day message featuring the women of the bible. 

We complete today our year long journey through the Gospel of Mark with a summary of his masterful storytelling. We focus on two of his primary themes: identity and expectation. Our identity is built upon that of Jesus’ the King of kings come t...

We continue to explore life in the Age of Resurrection along with the unique ending of Mark's Gospel. 

After the grueling pain of Good Friday and the silent waiting of a dark and quiet Saturday, Sunday comes in power, light, and victory. Sometimes our Saturdays last a long time, but Sunday is coming!

Jesus asks for a different path in the Garden of Gethsemane. God says no. Jesus stays on the path anyway, because the only way out is through this time. His followers desert Him right and left, before and after. But Jesus stays true to The Plan...

Our journey in the Gospel of Mark brings us to a poignant, difficult final meal of Jesus with the twelve. The resonance of the past that is celebrated in the Passover meal carries forward not only to the cross and empty tomb but to our lives as...